It’s been three months since we wrote about Next Insurance, an Israeli-founded insurtech startup that provides coverage for small businesses and entrepreneurs. Next Insurance uses artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to tailor insurance policies for its customers. Today, Next Insurance […]
Last week we wrote about Airbnb after the home-sharing platform announced its long-awaited IPO at a $35 billion valuation. Today, the company finally made its debut on Wall Street with shares priced at $68 on Wednesday, giving the vacation rental marketplace a […]
Every year, the U.S. and Canadian governments provide businesses with more than $15 billion in R&D credits, but the application process is cumbersome, time-consuming, and leaves applicants at risk of costly audits. Enter Boast, a San Francisco-based fintech startup that’s using […]
For about a decade, using cookies to storing a user’s data on their own computer without their permission was illegal across Europe. The new law concerning cookies, which was part of the EU’s ePrivacy directive, came into effect on May 26, […]
With organizations moving their applications to the cloud, today’s enterprise application environments are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to manage. Enter Bionic, an Israeli application intelligence tech startup that gives enterprises the ability to understand and control chaos created by the onslaught […]
Unmanned SpaceX’s Starship prototype exploded while attempting to land on Wednesday after an otherwise successful test launch from the company’s rocket facility in Boca Chica, Texas, according to a live video from Reuters. The launch was part of SpaceX’s effort […]
The Chinese embassy in the U.S. said yesterday night that its Twitter account was hacked after its embassy retweeted a tweet from President Donald Trump that the Democrats cheated in the 2020 election. In a message posted on Twitter, the […]
SoftBank is back from the ashes. The Japanese giant, which reportedly had a staggering $17 billion loss earlier this year, has now gained $6.1 billion in the three months that ended in September. SoftBank is one of the early investors in food […]
Cryptos are back! After about a year of lackluster, investors are now pouring billions of dollars into digital currencies. The renewed interest in cryptos is partly due to a sudden rise in the value of Bitcoin, the world’s most popular […]
ControlUp, a Silicon Valley-based SaaS tech startup that helps companies to detect, troubleshoot, and remediate IT related issues in their hybrid cloud deployments, today announced it has acquired Avacee, a cloud-first, scalable platform for managing systems and devices everywhere. The […]
XPRIZE is a non-profit organization that designs and hosts public competitions intended to encourage technological development to benefit humanity. Its mission is to bring about “radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity” through incentivized competition. Back in October, the organization released […]
Despite the slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic, venture capital investment in European startups is poised to hit a record high this year and even better than last year. That’s according to the conclusion of an annual survey of the state […]
How safe are COVID-19 vaccines? It depends on whom you ask. The issue of vaccine safety has been the subject of discussion since the coronavirus pandemic started at the beginning of this year. About a week ago, a new survey found […]
Edge is a new tech buzzword. No day goes by without another headline about edge computing or edge AI. In a very simple term, Edge computing is what I called “power to the devices.” As enterprises move IT compute to the […]
Riding electric scooters can be lots of fun. However, as a parent, I worry about the safety of my children. Now, there is good news. Voi Technology is a Swedish micro-mobility startup that is aiming to encourage safer e-scooter riding with […]
As the coronavirus pandemic panic starts to die down, more and more investors are beginning to jump back into investing in promising and high-growth startups. One of these startups is SingleStore (formerly MemSQL), a developer of a cloud-based scalable database for […]
We wrote about Salt Security in the middle of this year after the cybersecurity startup founded by Israeli Defense Forces alumni closed a $20 million Series A funding led by Tenaya Capital. The events of the past year have made digital platforms […]
No day goes by without headlines about some new and amazing technology. It’s getting increasingly difficult to keep up with the pace of technological changes. These emerging technologies also take some time before they reach mainstream adoption. They have to […]
Computer passwords have been around for about 60 years now. The first computer password was developed in 1961 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for use with the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS). That password later gave rise to many of the […]
We covered IDnow a little over a year ago when the Luxembourg-based tech startup raised $40M in funding to accelerate the growth of its Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVaaS) platform. IDnow has experienced exponential growth since our last article. As a sign […]
